Sitting on a white bench on the Khyber Road in the middle of Phoenix Park on the western edge of Dublin, Ireland, on a windy day. October 5, 2018 The wind blows from behind me, but I don’t know where it comes from. And it passes by me into the trees on the other side […]
For it is the least among you all who is the greatest. Luke 9:48 The following took place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, an Anglican church in Dublin, Ireland, on May 11, 2016. This morning at 9:00 Matins, I sat two pews behind an old woman in a shawl who caught my attention. After the service, […]
In the natural world, two persons can’t occupy the same space at the same time. In the Spiritual realm, three persons can occupy the same place at the same time. God is three distinct personalities and yet one God. That’s how things work in the heavenly dimension we’ll witness when we’re translated from earth to […]
Do You Love Jesus? If you really love Him, you won’t ask Him to follow you around like a little puppy dog. You won’t treat Him like a vending machine to supply everything you want. Do not ask Jesus to follow you. You follow Him. It’s not, “Where I am Jesus is,” but rather, “Where […]
I crave this time of stillness and quiet as the world wakes up with me. I want these first moments to be perfect, peaceful, and perspective-shaping, but they are often characterized by internal battles and external interruptions of my mind. The battle in my heart can only be won through Christ’s work within me, remaking […]
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.Joel 2:31 The days roll by in this dimension, one after another, but not forever. There will be an end to this life, only God knows when, and we’ll stand before the Creator of the […]
O, Lord, how can I rightly see others until I rightly see You? How can I understand myself until I understand Your call on my life? How can I interpret the times unless I acknowledge Your involvement in Your creation? How can I pray for anyone or anything unless I allow the Holy Spirit to […]
Lord, I too often found myself not taking time to spend with You yesterday because I was so busy with other things. Children of God who want to please God keep their priorities straight and refuse to do things that could distract them from what is really important In order to grow closer to You […]
“How do you see God, Brian?” I asked one of the men I mentor who is a new Christian. “He’s the Guy upstairs who I follow. He’s the one who created the world and me. He’s the one who died for my sins. I don’t know if I’m answering it the way you want. Why […]
Just before I stepped up on the stage to give chapel at the Adult and Teen Chapel in Brainerd, Minnesota, yesterday, a guy named Adam stood at the podium and everyone cheered. He was one of them returned. Adam told his story of going through the 13-month program there in the past and had been […]